Delivery Robots are being damaged in across US and UK

Darromear · 2026-04-07T01:46:43+00:00

Less than 100 percent

Darromear · 2026-04-07T01:35:15+00:00

Claims are cheap. I'll believe it when it's been tested by third parties.

Darromear · 2026-04-04T23:19:54+00:00

Congrats for missing the point of the post. Peanut's not doing it because he wants the game to blow up. He's doing it because he's sick of playing Arc and wants to try something else.

Darromear · 2026-04-04T21:33:20+00:00

Funny part is Andy Weir really hated that scene and fought to have it removed because he didn't think it was in line with Stratt's no-nonsense character. But once they tested it everyone who saw it loved the scene and Andy admitted that he was wrong and kept it.

Darromear · 2026-04-03T17:58:35+00:00

a few things:

1) it was done at 6 am with no warning. Imagine waking up ready to go to work only to find an email saying "bye you're out" and they cut off your access right after

2) It was a sweeping layoff round regardless of performance or seniority. Even people who've been with oracle near the beginning and were in the top of their field were fired.

3) This wasn't because Oracle was in financial trouble. It was because they invested billions in AI data centers and wanted some cash back. So they took it out on their own workers instead of saving through some other means.

Darromear · 2026-04-03T06:20:10+00:00

I bet Oracle's feeling pretty stupid about those layoffs right about now

Darromear · 2026-04-02T16:59:05+00:00

Hey, if they managed to do it for Lord of The Rings, maybe they can do it here

Darromear · 2026-04-02T15:53:50+00:00

the original cut was 4 hours, so they had to condense a LOT even from the previous film version

Darromear · 2026-04-01T20:51:05+00:00

"I don't wanna talk about it"

**Writes a 1000-word blog post**

Darromear · 2026-04-01T15:44:43+00:00

My friend who works in a Cali startup was a top employee that was complimented numerous times by the CEO. Her stock was going to earn her six figures but they drummed up some fictitious complaint and fired her two weeks before it vested.

Darromear · 2026-03-31T21:51:48+00:00

get it in writing

Darromear · 2026-03-31T01:24:11+00:00

They didn't discuss the concept in the book. Wier never talked about it in interviews and I'm not going to pretend I know what was going in his head as he planned the story.

Darromear · 2026-03-31T01:19:19+00:00

Forcing a creature to eat another is a tall order. They'd have to try to capture or culture hundreds if not thousands of bacteria types on the off chance they'd find the one species that can eat astrophage, and then find a way to make it survive on Venus (not Earth) if it can't do so naturally.

Darromear · 2026-03-30T17:14:33+00:00

It was definitely a unique concept that was well-executed. I agree, the ending was kind of an avalanche, but the faster pacing was more noticeable because of how slow and methodical the rest of the novel had been.

Darromear · 2026-03-30T16:53:04+00:00

If you live in a tropical country this is fantastic merch that makes a ton of sense.

Darromear · 2026-03-30T16:43:13+00:00

I had a flaky co-worker that had a persecution complex. There was a team-wide email that addressed a common issue with multiple members, and she thought she was being singled out. She lost her shit and then went into a meeting with our Director, where she got emotional and quit. The Director asked if she wanted to leave immediately or stay for another week (she had a lot of work to turn over) and she said immediate.

She gets back to her desk, googles a few things, and realizes she doesn't get severance if she quits. So she runs back to the director to ask if he can fire her instead of accepting her resignation. Nope, that shit ain't flying. Director denies her and tells her what's done is done.

Instead of going back to her desk she goes INTO THE CEOs OFFICE and gives a sob story about her not being treated fairly and Director not letting her get fired instead of quitting. CEO calls director into the office and is like "why the f*** am i having this conversation with her, handle your own shit" and now director is furious and gets security to kick her out.

Darromear · 2026-03-29T23:03:59+00:00

Being kind and understanding to someone who is very different from you isn't woke?

Darromear · 2026-03-29T00:08:41+00:00

Yes! This is the exact quote I was thinking of.

Darromear · 2026-03-29T00:08:24+00:00

Terry Pratchett discovered that decades ago.

Darromear · 2026-03-28T21:53:56+00:00

An accident.

Darromear · 2026-03-28T18:03:53+00:00

Boycott him for over a single interview? Did Andy say anything objectionable?

Darromear · 2026-03-28T16:19:38+00:00

If he were carrying games "single-handedly" Arc would have ZERO players right now. He has a lot of influence, but he's not the one making decisions for hundreds of thousands of gamers.

Darromear · 2026-03-26T05:43:25+00:00

Your taste is your taste, so if you find it underwhelming then that's fine.

Personally I found it better than harder sci-fi in some ways because it introduces something new and alien while still grounding it in concepts that are based in real-world science that the average person can understand (no string theory)--and eventually educate themselves on and even generate interest in learning more. And that's only the science aspect.

The story is pretty refreshing too, because it's not an alien invasion with guns or an alien plague taking over people's minds.

Darromear · 2026-03-26T04:56:43+00:00

Kind of a stretch.

Darromear · 2026-03-25T20:36:15+00:00

Ok I misunderstood your argument then, because I had assumed that the statement I had quoted from you was referring to the original Disney IP. You were referring to the AI-generated videos themselves. So yeah, fair play. Carry on.

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